This advantage was by design, that's the salient point here, particularly since so many white racist claim that the symptoms of institutional racism are self-inflicted or non-existent.While it is true that "wealth" tends to perpetuate itself down through generations, that is no reason to excuse working class and poor people for continuing in poverty through generations, particularly in this country. The economy is NOT a "Zero-sum Game." If one person is wealthy that doesn't hinder anyone else from becoming wealthy.
There are millions of examples all around us of people who were born into modest circumstances, but either through entrepreneurship or education were able to attain remarkable wealth and position. Indeed, it is fair to say that nothing is holding "you" back. Conspicuously, for "Black" people, the opportunities are limitless, with or without "Affirmative Action," and "Diversity" bullshit.
Consider the model of immigrants over the past 75 years. MANY immigrant groups have a wonderful history of coming here "dirt poor," working their figurative asses off, getting their kids educated, and by the second generation their income and wealth is well above average compared to people whose roots are in this country. These are Koreans, Cubans, Vietnamese, Chinese, Italians (post WWII), and other less prominent groups. The record of legal immigrants from Mexico is more "spotty," but examples of prosperity are many.
Liberals believe that "Poverty breeds bad behavior"; Conservatives believe that "Bad behavior breeds poverty." If you are having children out of wedlock, dropping out of school, abusing alcohol and drugs, failing to work jobs that are available, failing to take advantage of free public education and programs that are available, etc., then you have no one to blame for your poverty but yourself.
And I fail to see the benefit of Black people pointing out and highlighting other people who have it easy. So what? How does that affect you? What is standing in your way? Only your own defeatism.
If it was legislated, how is this not an example of white priviledge?
And why do you assume that because this topic interests me that means somehow I'm a failure in life? It's more a sore point for poor white racists than it is for average black Americans.
""This advantage was by design, that's the salient point" <<<< so far we got stats
on WHO IS RICHER-----and fervent claims of "advantage" as the explanation for
who is richer. -----but no actual mechanism. There is a claim that credit (loans)
are easier for "whites". and an implied claim that whites who served in the military
get benefits (like the GI bill for education and VA home loans) but blacks do not and
"someone or group" DESIGNED this disparity. I have a need to know------who actually decided that a person who served in the military who is white gets the
advantage of a VA HOME LOAN-----but a black person does not? Its the origin of
THE DESIGN that I cannot fathom.